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[Q] Recovery all stock?

Hey guys, how are you?
Sorry my bad english! But I need your help ...
I recently installed the Rom LiquidSmooth 4.2.2 Android 4.2.2 to test itself, not LiquidSmooth, found it very nice and everything. But back to the factory settings with the stock ROM 4.0.4 and I upgrade by Kies and pff, my phone can not do updates by Kies. Samsung tried my country (Brazil) but they can not support (or paying for and also not aware of devices outside) for my I747 ... I did the emergency recovery firmware and now it's on 4.1.1 but it still remains unrecognized by Kies (NOTE: It is recognized rather as SGH-I747, however, can not do updates or anything, just back of the device; NOTE 2: I bought it at AT & T in the United States and I can not take you there to support). The mesangem is: "Your device does not support firmware upgrade via kies".
After getting well pissed off with this bull****, or my **** (haha) decided to find out what was wrong and found that some of the things LiquidSmooth is still in the system, such as ringtones, facebook layout and stuff ... (Print the end of the topic) .
So I come here asking for help to you, to completely reset it and go back to having all functions and patterns of manufactures, so that in future I can sell it or give it to my mom and she does not get lost as I am today ...
Is there any way I can do this completely and return it to factory defaults?
attempts:
- I went back to stock rom several times and still the same thing;
- I tried the firmware recovery Kies and nothing;
- I tried several tutorials on the internet and nothing.
Can anyone help me?
I literally am going crazy because of it ...
Diego.

DiegoEvangelista said:
Hey guys, how are you?
Sorry my bad english! But I need your help ...
I recently installed the Rom LiquidSmooth 4.2.2 Android 4.2.2 to test itself, not LiquidSmooth, found it very nice and everything. But back to the factory settings with the stock ROM 4.0.4 and I upgrade by Kies and pff, my phone can not do updates by Kies. Samsung tried my country (Brazil) but they can not support (or paying for and also not aware of devices outside) for my I747 ... I did the emergency recovery firmware and now it's on 4.1.1 but it still remains unrecognized by Kies (NOTE: It is recognized rather as SGH-I747, however, can not do updates or anything, just back of the device; NOTE 2: I bought it at AT & T in the United States and I can not take you there to support). The mesangem is: "Your device does not support firmware upgrade via kies".
After getting well pissed off with this bull****, or my **** (haha) decided to find out what was wrong and found that some of the things LiquidSmooth is still in the system, such as ringtones, facebook layout and stuff ... (Print the end of the topic) .
So I come here asking for help to you, to completely reset it and go back to having all functions and patterns of manufactures, so that in future I can sell it or give it to my mom and she does not get lost as I am today ...
Is there any way I can do this completely and return it to factory defaults?
attempts:
- I went back to stock rom several times and still the same thing;
- I tried the firmware recovery Kies and nothing;
- I tried several tutorials on the internet and nothing.
Can anyone help me?
I literally am going crazy because of it ...
Diego.
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How did you go back to stock? You'll get errors from kies and ota updates by remaining rooted.
By the sounds of it it just needs a proper wipe the unroot.
This video will get you back to 100% stock unrooted.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzydHUG7XZE&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Also check out this link. The second post has a paragraph on unrooting to go with the video. It also contains the proper links for all the files you'll need to do it.
Sent from my SGH-I747 using xda app-developers app

KorGuy123 said:
How did you go back to stock? You'll get errors from kies and ota updates by remaining rooted.
By the sounds of it it just needs a proper wipe the unroot.
This video will get you back to 100% stock unrooted.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzydHUG7XZE&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Also check out this link. The second post has a paragraph on unrooting to go with the video. It also contains the proper links for all the files you'll need to do it.
Sent from my SGH-I747 using xda app-developers app
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best unroot video ever.
OP, to accompany the video guide, you'll need:
- Triangle Away installed
- The official stock firmware for your device
- Odin installed on your PC
- Your Samsung USB cable, if possible
- Samsung drivers installed on PC

xBeerdroiDx said:
best unroot video ever.
OP, to accompany the video guide, you'll need:
- Triangle Away installed
- The official stock firmware for your device
- Odin installed on your PC
- Your Samsung USB cable, if possible
- Samsung drivers installed on PC
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An shoot thanks. Forgot to link the thread. Was half asleep.
Sent from my SGH-I747 using xda app-developers app

Thanks for everything so far guys, but without success ... Still the same thing.
All I have to follow these steps before and still have the same problem.
Anything else? :/
I'll try again, maybe...
Thx a lot.
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TraingleAway not reset my phone and boot him, his reset counter and no more... is this the problem wrong?

DiegoEvangelista said:
Thanks for everything so far guys, but without success ... Still the same thing.
All I have to follow these steps before and still have the same problem.
Anything else? :/
I'll try again, maybe...
Thx a lot.
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TraingleAway not reset my phone and boot him, his reset counter and no more... is this the problem wrong?
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Did you unroot?
You need to do that before anything else
Sent from my SGH-I747 using xda app-developers app

KorGuy123 said:
Did you unroot?
You need to do that before anything else
Sent from my SGH-I747 using xda app-developers app
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Yeah, but my TriangleAway is a v2.99 and not reset my device after reset the flash counter...
I reset manual.
Obs: this screen is not active...
Diego.

I tried the tip of the video, however, was the same thing ...
I'm looking for a fix to kies, but I do not think any status or anything ...

DiegoEvangelista said:
I tried the tip of the video, however, was the same thing ...
I'm looking for a fix to kies, but I do not think any status or anything ...
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So when I went back to stock:
1. I just flashed a rooted stock firmware in odin
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1739426
(just so I was back on a 4.1.1 stock rom. I didn't want to odin from a custom rom)
2. Then used triangle away
3. Then flashed the stock unrooted 4.0.4 from here in odin
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/
(This gets rid of custom recovery)
4. Booted in stock recovery and then did a factory reset because you sometimes get a simple bootloop
5. Rebooted and I was back to stock.
I've noticed sometimes you have to switch the order around some to get it unrooted and the flash counter reset. Triablge away is for right before you unroot. You have to flash a stock .tar rom in odin to get rid of the custom recovery as well. It replaces the system, kernel, and the recovery.

hednik said:
So when I went back to stock:
1. I just flashed a rooted stock firmware in odin
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1739426
(just so I was back on a 4.1.1 stock rom. I didn't want to odin from a custom rom)
2. Then used triangle away
3. Then flashed the stock unrooted 4.0.4 from here in odin
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/
(This gets rid of custom recovery)
4. Booted in stock recovery and then did a factory reset because you sometimes get a simple bootloop
5. Rebooted and I was back to stock.
I've noticed sometimes you have to switch the order around some to get it unrooted and the flash counter reset. Triablge away is for right before you unroot. You have to flash a stock .tar rom in odin to get rid of the custom recovery as well. It replaces the system, kernel, and the recovery.
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Thank you bro, but my problem is Kies. I can't upgrade for him.
He did not let me update or related ...
I've done everything, often ...
- Unroot flash rom;
- Factory reset in recovery and in phone;
- All things.
I do not know what else to do.
I can do the emergency recovery firmware but it keeps saying that my device does not support updates via kies.

DiegoEvangelista said:
Thank you bro, but my problem is Kies. I can't upgrade for him.
He did not let me update or related ...
I've done everything, often ...
- Unroot flash rom;
- Factory reset in recovery and in phone;
- All things.
I do not know what else to do.
I can do the emergency recovery firmware but it keeps saying that my device does not support updates via kies.
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Are you sure you did the steps in the right order ? Kies won't do that unless you are still rooted or have a custom recovery. I
Kies has no use here to be honest but I know some people like to use it to upgrade from time to time or transfer data.
What exactly is the emergency recovery firmware ? (Your name for it might be different than mine)

hednik said:
Are you sure you did the steps in the right order ? Kies won't do that unless you are still rooted or have a custom recovery. I
Kies has no use here to be honest but I know some people like to use it to upgrade from time to time or transfer data.
What exactly is the emergency recovery firmware ? (Your name for it might be different than mine)
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Y, bro. I followed all the steps... All right!
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Recovery Emergency Firmware in Kies:
-> Tools
-> Firmware upgrade and initialization
-> Model
-> Serial Number
-> Download Mode in s3.
I tried all tutorials, but, not successful
More sugestions?
Diego.

Any other tips to reset the device completely and again be recognized by Kies?
:/

[Q] Replacing system/fonts GS3 (AT&T)

Ok so I rooted using a safe root method, I have no clockwork mod installed. I only have the stock recovery and the phones boots into that and also boots into download mode. What I did was used a bad app off the market and it set a custom font (with root permissions) as soon as I set it the phone went black and restarted, it booted fine until it got to the boot loader. Now its stuck in a boot loop of the AT&T logo. I have a fellow on Youtube trying to help me out but he is having issues finding a stock rom. I have also used ADB (android debug bridge) and i was gonna "pull system/font" and then push it back onto the phone with the factory default fonts. I cant seem to get it to work. I am out of ideas of what to do, I am new to this so I have never even flashed a rom, im needing someones help.
I did some reading and from what I can tell the custom font replaced my "default fonts" located in (system/fonts) is there a way to get to this file with the phone not booting up? If so how? I have the default fonts, all I need to do is just set the fonts back to default.
The guy from Youtube told me I can flash the "stock firmware" to the phone and it will flash a whole new system making "system/fonts" replaced and back to default. The issue is that we cannot find the stock firmware.
Does anyone know any kind of solution for me? Any way at all to get to the system/apps? Or maybe the stock firmware download? My phones info is below.
The download he did find for me was named "AT&T_I747UCUEMJB.zip"
When I extracted it I should have had .tar.mg5 (I might be wrong on the mg5 part) but I ended up with 3 things. I ended up with system, META-INF and boot.img When looking at the files it seems like everything that needs to be flashed over? It's just not in the wrong format maybe?
Model: SGH-I747
Version: Android 4.3
Root access: Yes (last I knew it was rooted, but I did a factory reset from recovery.)
Clockwork Mod: No (I can flash it though since I got download mode?)
Anyone can help me please? I have been racking my brain for almost 2 weeks now and its driving me insane! lol

Did you upgrade to AT&T stock 4.3 rom using an OTA update?

audit13 said:
Did you upgrade to AT&T stock 4.3 rom using an OTA update?
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I upgraded using OTA directly from the AT&T servers (settings > about phone > check for software upgrade)

Since you have a stock 4.3 ROM on your phone, you cannot simply re-flash the 4..3 ROM because the 4.3 ROM update included a bootloader that installs Knox and prevents loading any ROM older than 4.3.
Rooting the phone while on 4.3 will trip the Knox counter and void any remaining warranty.
You maybe better off flashing Philz Touch Recovery in Odin and install a custom ROM.

Gotnitro said:
I upgraded using OTA directly from the AT&T servers (settings > about phone > check for software upgrade)
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I keep downloading and downloading roms and I get the same results, I get folders and a boot.img.
The files I get are:
system
META-INF
boot.img
When opening the system folder I get:
xbin
wallpaper
wakeupdata
vsc
vold
voicebargeindata
vendor
usr
tts
T9DB
media
lib
hdic
framework
fonts
etc
esc
cameradata
bin
app
some others like build.prop, kern_sec_info and more
The META-INF folder contains:
updater-script
update-binary
Then there is a boot.img
What am I doing wrong? I think that I am extracting these files wrong maybe? When downloading it comes in as a .zip file. I use WinRAR to extract .zip files.
This is my exact steps:
Download with Google Chrome
Drag/drop the downloaded .zip from my browser to the desktop
Right Click, Create New Folder, name it "AndroidROM"
Drag/Drop the .zip file into "AndroidROM"
Open the "AndroidROM" folder
Right click on the .zip file
Extract here...
WinRAR extracts the files and I get system, META-INF and boot.img I see nothing of a .tar file or .mg5 (I forget that one always)
What am I doing wrong?
This would be the download I used, I also used others but this is the one I need.
http:// www. androidfilehost .com/?fid =23196940996968654
(Sorry had to separate the link because XDA wont let me post links yet)

Are you trying to flash a custom rom in CWM or TWRP or a stock ROM using Odin?

audit13 said:
Since you have a stock 4.3 ROM on your phone, you cannot simply re-flash the 4..3 ROM because the 4.3 ROM update included a bootloader that installs Knox and prevents loading any ROM older than 4.3.
Rooting the phone while on 4.3 will trip the Knox counter and void any remaining warranty.
You maybe better off flashing Philz Touch Recovery in Odin and install a custom ROM.
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You posted that reply as I was typing up the other one sorry about that lol ok so my KNOX is not tripped because I used a method that does not trip it. I will put the link of how I did that below and it does worked and its still 0x0 I did it myself and this is not what caused me to be bootlooping it was the font.
Ok about your idea of the Philz Touch Recovery and installing a custom ROM, can you explain this more? Like in details of if it works on my variant and my version (4.3 with knox)
As I said this will be my first time doing any of this, im learning as I do this right now so I am very confused at this point and all I want is my phone back. I honestly dont care what OS I get I just want my GS3 back. This was a big mistake trying to make my phone better with root and I just want it back to normal or at least running lol

audit13 said:
Are you trying to flash a custom rom in CWM or TWRP or a stock ROM using Odin?
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I don't care what I get, I just want my phone back running and not to see that AT&T logo which is the bootloader lol I think that he wants me to do a stock ROM using Odin.
The guy on Youtube wants me to flash a stock firmware sgh-i747 rom, just the rom no custom at all to it, I think what he is trying to do is get the exact same rom that the OTA update had that way knox and the bootloader isn't gonna affect things? Is that possible? He is not having luck finding the download.
Oh sorry forgot the link in the last post
Here is the youtube video for the root without tripping knox:
http:// www. youtube.com /watch?v=GiZ7D2zjJdA

You can't flash a stock AT&T 4.3 rom via Odin because there is no such thing.
Did you boot into download to make sure your Knox counter is still 0x0?

audit13 said:
You can't flash a stock AT&T 4.3 rom via Odin because there is no such thing.
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Interesting, I really dont know... put yourself in a unknown room, blind fold yourself and turn off the lights and try to get out lol thats how I feel right now, I honestly have no clue.
What do you recommend me doing? Is there is possible way for me to replace the system/fonts, I used ADB (Android Debug Bridge) but it only shows the phone as "sideload" when plugging my HTC Inspire in it shows the serial number I think? But also that phone is fully on where the GS3 is in stock recovery mode.

All hope is not lost as your phone boots. Remain calm and I'll do what I can to help you.
First of all, boot into download mode: hold volume down, home button, press and hold power button. You will receive a warning screen, press volume up to enter download mode. What does the screen say? I'm asking you to do this to ensure that your knox counter has not been tripped.

audit13 said:
All hope is not lost as your phone boots. Remain calm and I'll do what I can to help you.
First of all, boot into download mode: hold volume down, home button, press and hold power button. You will receive a warning screen, press volume up to enter download mode. What does the screen say? I'm asking you to do this to ensure that your knox counter has not been tripped.
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ODIN MODE
PRODUCT NAME: SGH-I747
CUSTOM BINARY DOWNLOAD: No
CURRENT BINARY: Samsung Official
SYSTEM STATUS: Custom
QUALCOMN: ENABLE
Warranty Bit: 0
BOOTLOADER RP SWREV: 2
Only thing that changed when rooting was the "system status"

Gotnitro said:
ODIN MODE
PRODUCT NAME: SGH-I747
CUSTOM BINARY DOWNLOAD: No
CURRENT BINARY: Samsung Official
SYSTEM STATUS: Custom
QUALCOMN: ENABLE
Warranty Bit: 0
BOOTLOADER RP SWREV: 2
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I noticed that your system status is custom rather than official.

Yes that was one things that I think was noted in that video that it changes your system status. Whats that mean? Is this good or bad?
Is my phone really fixable do you think? Or being that this Knox and stuff it isn't?

Gotnitro said:
Yes that was one things that I think was noted in that video that it changes your system status. Whats that mean? Is this good or bad?
Is my phone really fixable do you think? Or being that this Knox and stuff it isn't?
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I think it just means that your phone is rooted. Do you have any warranty left on your phone?

audit13 said:
I think it just means that your phone is rooted. Do you have any warranty left on your phone?
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As far as I know of no, the phone is going on 2 years old this July. I plan on getting the Galaxy S5 but that's still a ways away and I really like this phone so I want to get it fixed.

Can you get into recovery mode on your phone? If you can, try wiping cache and doing a factory reset.

audit13 said:
Can you get into recovery mode on your phone? If you can, try wiping cache and doing a factory reset.
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Yes I can get into recovery mode (Vol up + home + power) which puts it into stock recovery mode.
I have already tried clearing the cache and a factory reset. What happen was the app I used took the default font and replaced it with a custom font in the system/fonts of the phone. So even with a factory reset its gonna revert back to the default font which is still gonna be the custom font the app did. So I need to get rid of all the fonts I have and replace all the fonts in /system/fonts which I think is what is done with the custom rom?

If you want to flash a custom ROM and your phone has no warranty left, you could try flashing a custom recovery in Odin and flash a custom ROM. I don't think root is required since you're just installing a custom recovery.
I use Philz Touch Recovery which is based on CWM. Once you flash the a custom recovery, you can just boot into recovery mode and flash a custom rom.

audit13 said:
If you want to flash a custom ROM and your phone has no warranty left, you could try flashing a custom recovery in Odin and flash a custom ROM.
I use Philz Touch Recovery which is based on CWM. Once you flash the a custom recovery, you can just boot into recovery mode and flash a custom rom.
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Of course there is always risks when rooting/flashing roms but what would you say my chances are of getting it to work being that I have knox on my phone and a bootloader?

[Q/HELP] Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select blah blah..

Hello, my dumb ass decided to root using CFRoot, then it said it failed so I tried to flash the CFAutoRoot in Odin. Well, I tried booting my phone, after saying f*** it, and now I'm greeted with 'Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again.' what can I do? I just bought this phone, so if I screwed it up, I'm in trouble.

What phone and what rom is it running?

audit13 said:
What phone and what rom is it running?
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SGH-I747(AT&T Samsung Galaxy 3), and the stock 4.3 rom

Unfortunately, there is no way to flash a stock AT&T 4.3 ROM to this phone as AT&T never released a full ROM, only an update.
Did you try reconnecting it to Kies to try and re-flash?

audit13 said:
What phone and what rom is it running?
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audit13 said:
Unfortunately, there is no way to flash a stock AT&T 4.3 ROM to this phone as AT&T never released a full ROM, only an update.
Did you try reconnecting it to Kies to try and re-flash?
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I'm on 4.3 update I meant, and how can I reflash? I'm in Kies now.

Wesley. said:
I'm on 4.3 update I meant, and how can I reflash? I'm in Kies now.
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Does Kies detect your phone at all? Is there a recover option? Sorry, I haven't used Kies for a long time so I don't remember what options are available.
Maybe this will help: http://www.samsung.com/us/support/faq/FAQ00052703/61329

audit13 said:
Does Kies detect your phone at all? Is there a recover option? Sorry, I haven't used Kies for a long time so I don't remember what options are available.
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I went to tools -> Firmware upgrade and initialization, entered my model # & S/N, and it's 'Downloading file for firmware emergency recovery of 'GALAXY S III '(SGH-I747)' from the server...' so it says, which I got to from Kies. Should I let it run its course?

Wesley. said:
I went to tools -> Firmware upgrade and initialization, entered my model # & S/N, and it's 'Downloading file for firmware emergency recovery of 'GALAXY S III '(SGH-I747)' from the server...' so it says, which I got to from Kies. Should I let it run its course?
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I'm not sure as I have never used this Kies option. I have always re-flashed via Odin. Your case is different because there is no full 4.3 AT&T Rom that can be flashed via Odin.
Is there any warranty on your phone?

audit13 said:
I'm not sure as I have never used this Kies option. I have always re-flashed via Odin. Your case is different because there is no full 4.3 AT&T Rom that can be flashed via Odin.
Is there any warranty on your phone?
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It says Warranty Bit: 1 on Download mode

Wesley. said:
It says Warranty Bit: 1
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Looks like you tripped the Knox counter when you tried to root the phone. Did you get it from AT&T? Maybe you could take it back and get it exchanged for another one since it got pooched while running Kies?

audit13 said:
Looks like you tripped the Knox counter when you tried to root the phone. Did you get it from AT&T? Maybe you could take it back and get it exchanged for another one since it got pooched while running Kies?
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I got it from Walmart because AT&T was going to take two hours, lol. And, how would I go about doing that? I'm not a good liar, and I don't know how I pooched it lol

Wesley. said:
I got it from Walmart because AT&T was going to take two hours, lol. And, how would I go about doing that? I'm not a good liar, and I don't know how I pooched it lol
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Well, if you take it to an AT&T or Walmart store, they may not care that you tripped the counter. If they send it in to Samsung for repair, they may not care either. However, there's always the chance that AT&T/Walmart/Samsung would allow repairing the phone at no charge.

audit13 said:
Well, if you take it to an AT&T or Walmart store, they may not care that you tripped the counter. If they send it in to Samsung for repair, they may not care either. However, there's always the chance that AT&T/Walmart/Samsung would allow repairing the phone at no charge.
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Is there any way I could try flashing a rom?

Wesley. said:
Is there any way I could try flashing a rom?
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You would need to install a custom recovery in order to flash a custom ROM. A custom recovery can be installed via Odin if you find the right file.
Do not flash any stock Samsung 4.3 ROM or a custom rom unless Knox has been removed.

audit13 said:
You would need to install a custom recovery in order to flash a custom ROM. A custom recovery can be installed via Odin if you find the right file.
Do not flash any stock Samsung 4.3 ROM or a custom rom unless Knox has been removed.
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I have CWM Recovery, what can I do now? I am rooted, however Knox isn't disabled. Any way I can disable it? I'm unable to boot my phone up, when I try it says 'Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select blah blah..', and I'm in the Download mode now.

Wesley. said:
I have CWM Recovery, what can I do now? I am rooted, however Knox isn't disabled. Any way I can disable it? I'm unable to boot my phone up, when I try it says 'Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select blah blah..', and I'm in the Download mode now.
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Are you running the latest version of CWM? If you can't boot into your OS, how do you know you are rooted?
Flashing another ROM will remove knox.
Copy a custom rom to a microSD card (do not unzip the ROM which is a single zip file), boot into recovery mode, wipe cache, wipe data, wipe Dalvik, and install the ROM from SDcard1.
I have the latest experimental Cyanfox on my i747m from here: http://cyanfox-rom.com/downloads/?folder=d2att/

audit13 said:
Are you running the latest version of CWM? If you can't boot into your OS, how do you know you are rooted?
Flashing another ROM will remove knox.
Copy a custom rom to a microSD card (do not unzip the ROM which is a single zip file), boot into recovery mode, wipe cache, wipe data, wipe Dalvik, and install the ROM from SDcard1.
I have the latest experimental Cyanfox on my i747m from here: http://cyanfox-rom.com/downloads/?folder=d2att/
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I was able to before, however in Odin I was trying to flash something(a root file), and it said failed, so i rebooted and now i'm stuck. D:

Wesley. said:
I was able to before, however in Odin I was trying to flash something(a root file), and it said failed, so i rebooted and now i'm stuck. D:
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When did you flash CWM? Is it 6.0.4.5? How did you flash it? Via Odin?

I can't boot into recovery, I get the firmware upgrade thing again. i have no idea what version it is, and yes via odin

Wesley. said:
I can't boot into recovery, I get the firmware upgrade thing again. i have no idea what version it is, and yes via odin
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For recovery, are you holding the home button, volume up, and then pressing and holding power? You need to hold all 3 until you see some blue text appear on the screen, then let go of the power button.

[Flash Back To 5.1.1 Stock BOL1] Unroot Samsung Galaxy S6 G920P

This firmware is for Sprint Galaxy S6 [G920P] phones ONLY
This will not damage any of your stored files or app settings
WARNING! Do not unplug your phone once you have started
Samsung Sprint Galaxy S6 BOL1 Android 5.1.1 Stock Rom
Download Firmware
https://www.dropbox.com/s/n0p0rmi2d873h1d/G920PVPU3BOL1_SPT3BOL1_SPR_Sprint_USA_5.1.1.zip?dl=0
Alternate Firmware Download Mirror
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24052804347838029
Alternate Firmware Download Mirror
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24345424848486725
Download Odin
http://odindownload.com/SamsungOdin/#.Vr3P1_IrKJI
1. Put your phone in download mode by turning it off,
Press and hold Volume Down+Power+Home Button
And then pressing Volume Up: Continue
Phone should then say Downloading...
Do not turn off target
2. Unzip Odin.exe to your desktop
Open Odin
After connecting your phone while in download mode to your desktop
Odin should say Added!
Leave the options alone
*DO NOT SELECT REPARTITION!
3. Unzip the G920PVP firmware
Using Odin click AP and select the firmware .tar file
Click Start
Wait a few moments until Odin says SUCCESS!:highfive:
DONE! Then your phone should reboot and you'll see the Android icon/Boot Logo sequence
Check your phone for any updates while you are on this fresh new install to be on the latest firmware
BONUS! In case you get stuck in download mode
Hold Volume Up+Down Home+Power buttons
Your phone should exit and reboot

Thank you for this! Very much appreciated.

You're welcome, new firmware mirror up

Thanks for this thread. I have MM stock, but the hotspot now requires a reboot to get it working. Can I use this method to flash back to Lollipop? I saw a thread saying you cannot flash anything older than 5.1.1. That was an older thread, and basically he was told he can't flash 5.0.2 back on his S6 because he already had 5.1.1.

badkarmah187 said:
Thanks for this thread. I have MM stock, but the hotspot now requires a reboot to get it working. Can I use this method to flash back to Lollipop? I saw a thread saying you cannot flash anything older than 5.1.1. That was an older thread, and basically he was told he can't flash 5.0.2 back on his S6 because he already had 5.1.1.
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Hotspot should be fixed in my next ROM

badkarmah187 said:
Thanks for this thread. I have MM stock, but the hotspot now requires a reboot to get it working. Can I use this method to flash back to Lollipop? I saw a thread saying you cannot flash anything older than 5.1.1. That was an older thread, and basically he was told he can't flash 5.0.2 back on his S6 because he already had 5.1.1.
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Well, I flashed my stock Note 5 rom over to the MM leak and now I'm stuck with it till the official release is out and I can flash back to stock and receive the latest official updates as they come out.
What happened was I wiped the drive and then flashed the lower # official roms and all it did was bootloop or just wouldn't flash the version at all and would just give me an error while trying to flash.

probleme
mykehdoom said:
Thank you for this! Very much appreciated.
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my phone stiil blocked on recovery mode after mm 8.0 download with dm-verity verification failed. Chek drk first i can try this ?

I flashed backed to 5.1.1, I left my phone sitting with wifi enabled, sprint downloaded the 6.0.1 update and gave me no choice but to install it again. I had no way to back out of it. I put 5.1.1 on my phone twice today and it keeps sending me to MM. Is there a way to flash back to 5.1.1 and disable OTA without rooting the phone..? if not then you really can't go back because Sprint will force the update to your phone.

i guess there should be an option in setting/update for you to uncheck the "update".

racimrl said:
my phone stiil blocked on recovery mode after mm 8.0 download with dm-verity verification failed. Chek drk first i can try this ?
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The DRK error means that someone changed your phone's IMEI but did it improperly. Now the phone will not even turn on past the Samsung screen. I run phone a business and offer a service to fix it - PM me if interested

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I flashed backed to 5.1.1, I left my phone sitting with wifi enabled, sprint downloaded the 6.0.1 update and gave me no choice but to install it again. I had no way to back out of it. I put 5.1.1 on my phone twice today and it keeps sending me to MM. Is there a way to flash back to 5.1.1 and disable OTA without rooting the phone..? if not then you really can't go back because Sprint will force the update to your phone.
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wait a minute... you can roll back a stock unrooted rom without having to root??
I need tether. I have to have tether. They forced the Marshmallow update without my permission. Complete BS. Now I have no tether.

jerry43812 said:
wait a minute... you can roll back a stock unrooted rom without having to root??
I need tether. I have to have tether. They forced the Marshmallow update without my permission. Complete BS. Now I have no tether.
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Rolling back is as simple as using ODIN and flash the stock rom, I rooted 6.0.1 and its starting to grow on me but I can flash back to stock 5.1.1 even if I was not rooted, I only root because like you I need tether and so far this was the only way on 6.0.1 MM

Man oh man, I thought I broke my charging port the day after I rooted. I was about to cry myself to sleep for the next 2 months.

Going to MM
Should I use this to go back to stock and then take the OTA to get to the latest firmware? Or would it be a better idea to download the current firmware from Sammobile?

guitarpager said:
Should I use this to go back to stock and then take the OTA to get to the latest firmware? Or would it be a better idea to download the current firmware from Sammobile?
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Don't go the SAMMOBILE page, I have linked to a much faster site: http://forum.xda-developers.com/spr...uide-links-files-update-root-restore-t3366862

hey guys i am from india and i have been using unlocked sprint s6 from a month and everything was perfect till i flashed the marshmallow firmware , i have lost the sim signal ,, need help plz.. anybody know how to get back the signal....

dksahil said:
hey guys i am from india and i have been using unlocked sprint s6 from a month and everything was perfect till i flashed the marshmallow firmware , i have lost the sim signal ,, need help plz.. anybody know how to get back the signal....
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This guide should help you: http://forum.xda-developers.com/spr...uide-links-files-update-root-restore-t3366862
I can't say if it actually works as I live in the US and my phone is not unlocked, but it seems to have helped others.
Here a link for the latest stock TAR files: http://forum.xda-developers.com/spr...uide-links-files-update-root-restore-t3366862

Tried to use this file and it says "SW REV CHECK FAIL. DEVICE 4 BINARY 3"

Xabring said:
Tried to use this file and it says "SW REV CHECK FAIL. DEVICE 4 BINARY 3"
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This is a very old thread. That error means that your phone has updated to a software version of 6 or 7 and you can't revert back to 5.

Xabring said:
Tried to use this file and it says "SW REV CHECK FAIL. DEVICE 4 BINARY 3"
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koop1955 said:
This is a very old thread. That error means that your phone has updated to a software version of 6 or 7 and you can't revert back to 5.
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More accurately, it means that your bootloader version is 4, and you can't flash anything lower.
But no, you can't go back to Android 5

Updated Bootloader: Bootloop, cannot access recovery, can access download mode !

After updating my bootloader to NE2 using odin, by phone just keeps and booting up to the Samsung Galaxy logo and restarting. The logo appears for a second or so before restarting. I can access download mode, but receive the following:
ODIN MODE
PRODUCT NAME: GT-N7100
CURRENT BINARY: Custom
SYSTEM STATUS: Custom
KNOX WARRANTY VOID: 1
AP SWREV: A2
RPMB: INVALID RPMB DATA
( the last three lines have appeared, and were not there previously before updating the bootloader). The phone was working fine with stock 4.4.2, before installing the bootloader. I cannot access recovery mode, and have flashed TWRP with odin (reported success in odin), but cannot access the TWRP recovery menu on my phone. I have tried to flash stock 4.4.2 again with odin, I do not receive any errors and receive a success 1 in odin where a blue bar is visible (when flashing) on the screen of my phone. But after the phone restarts, i experience the same bootloop problem. Help would be greatly appreciated.

Open Odin, uncheck everything, flash latest stock ROM from sammobile (https://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/database/GT-N7100/), you'll see the word "reset" in the status window, remove USB cable from the phone, remove battery, replace battery, boot into recovery using volume up+power+home, factory wipe, reboot.

audit13 said:
Open Odin, uncheck everything, flash latest stock ROM from sammobile, you'll see the word "reset" in the status window, remove USB cable from the phone, remove battery, replace battery, boot into recovery using volume up+power+home, factory wipe, reboot.
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Before proceeding, I'd like to ask:
1 - I have a motherboard that I've obtained from China. Would it be ok for me to flash as you've recommended with this motherboard, taking into account the "RPMB: INVALID RPMB DATA" message that appears in download mode ?
2 - Can I install any of the latest firmwares available on sammobile for my galaxy note 2 ?
3 - Would I be able to install TWRP and custom roms after ?
Thanks

1) The important thing is to match the model # to the firmware. If you try to flash firmware from sammobile and it is not the correct firmware, Odin will stop the flash process. As of right now, this seems to be the safest method to get the phone working.
2) See my response to question 1.
3) Yes, you can install TWRP and custom ROMs either before or after flashing a stock ROM. I recommend getting the phone to work with a stcok ROM before trying custom ROMs.

audit13 said:
1) The important thing is to match the model # to the firmware. If you try to flash firmware from sammobile and it is not the correct firmware, Odin will stop the flash process. As of right now, this seems to be the safest method to get the phone working.
2) See my response to question 1.
3) Yes, you can install TWRP and custom ROMs either before or after flashing a stock ROM. I recommend getting the phone to work with a stcok ROM before trying custom ROMs.
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After flashing the N7100XXUFOC2 firmware with all boxes unchecked in odin, i still receive a bootloop, and the phone is not entering recovery :-/. The messages that appear in download mode have remained unchanged.

It's flashing properly with no error? When you try to enter recovery, what shows on screen? Did you try any other firmware? I see there is PE2 firmware too.

audit13 said:
It's flashing properly with no error? When you try to enter recovery, what shows on screen? Did you try any other firmware? I see there is PE2 firmware too.
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Yes it flashes with no errors. When turning the phone on, the samsung galaxy note 2 logo appears for just under a second, and the phone restarts and repeats until i remove the battery. Nothing happens when I try to enter the recovery menu, the same behaviour is observed (phone restarting constantly after showing SGnote2 logo). I have been reading around, and i suspect (just a guess, not sure) that the "RPMB: INVALID RPMB DATA" message that I observe in download mode may have something to do with this.

You may have to have it fixed at a cell repair shop. They may be able to fix it via jtag cable or maybe with an Octopus box.

audit13 said:
You may have to have it fixed at a cell repair shop. They may be able to fix it via jtag cable or maybe with an Octopus box.
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Is there anything else that i could try ? I used an app to check the bootloader version when it was working on stock 4.4.2, and it stated that it was at LJ7. After updating the bootloader to NE1, I've experienced this problem. Would it be possible to revert back to the previous bootloader ( and would this help ?). I've flashed custom roms with no problems, beforehand using TWRP.

How did you update the bootloader? Did you update the bootlaoder without updating anything else?

audit13 said:
How did you update the bootloader?
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I downloaded the NE1 bootloader from a user here who has a list of bootloaders on his profile (user: Androidwizzard), and flashed it using Odin v3.09 with the default boxes checked. I did not update anything else ( just clicked the "BL" field and selected the bootloader, then flashed).

Are you sure the bootloader was for your phone? I know that updating the bootloader without updating anything else on the Samsung s3 can cause the phone to hard or soft brick.

audit13 said:
Are you sure the bootloader was for your phone? I know that updating the bootloader without updating anything else on the Samsung s3 can cause the phone to hard or soft brick.
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Yeah. Would it be possible to revert the bootloader back to what it was previously ? Also, is there anything else that you may suggest that i could do ? I'm still not sure what is causing this issue exactly. It seems strange that I can flash all files with no errors using Odin. By flashing a later firmware, is the bootloader automatically updated ? ( if yes, then I'm not sure why the app stated that my bootloader version was at LJ7, given that I've flashed stock 4.4.2 with odin beforehand.)

Do you have a link for the bootloader?
Did the phone work properly before flashing the new NE1 bootloader?
Did you try flashing the latest ROM, regardless of the country from sammobile? Something newer than ne1?

audit13 said:
Do you have a link for the bootloader?
Did you try flashing the latest ROM, regardless of the country from sammobile? Something newer than ne1?
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I have not tried flashing the latest rom ( I could try, if that may help). I can not provide the direct link to the bootloader, since i will have to produce 10 posts ( new user here lol ). You can find the bootloader by searching google: [bootloader/modem/rom][tw kitkat][4.4.2][pf1 + pc1 + oe1 + od4 + nl1 +], then going to Androidwizzard second post.

The phone was working great before flashing the NE1 bootloader. As mentioned previously, I've flashed the N7100XXUFOC2 firmware resulting in no change.

Try flashing the latest ROM PF1 ROM as that may help.
I think updating the bootloader without updating other parts of the ROM may have caused the problem but I don't know for sure.
If flashing the latest ROM does not work, try flashing the latest ROM with a pit file. If that still doesn't work, you may have to have it force flashed at a cell shop.

audit13 said:
Try flashing the latest ROM PF1 ROM as that may help.
I think updating the bootloader without updating other parts of the ROM may have caused the problem but I don't know for sure.
If flashing the latest ROM does not work, try flashing the latest ROM with a pit file. If that still doesn't work, you may have to have it force flashed at a cell shop.
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I will give it a go right now. Would you be able to guide me to where I could obtain the appropriate pit file for the phone ? The firmwares with PF1 have (orange) carrier. Would this affect things ?

Is your phone a 16 GB or 32 GB model?
It should not matter at this point because you want to get the phone booted. Once booted, you should be able to change the carrier later.

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Is your phone a 16 GB or 32 GB model?
It should not matter at this point because you want to get the phone booted. Once booted, you should be able to change the carrier later.
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16 GB model. Alright, I'll try to flash the latest rom.